McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Sclerophytum heterospiculatum (Verseveldt, 1970). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1608875 on 2026-01-17
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Sclerophytum heterospiculatum (Verseveldt, 1970). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1608875 on 2026-01-17
original description(ofSinularia heterospiculata Verseveldt, 1970)Verseveldt, J. (1970). A new species of Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Madagascar. <em>Israel Journal of Zoology.</em> 19(3): 165-168. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination referenceMcFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online athttps://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735 page(s): 45 [details]
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